Tires MICHELIN or Pirelli

I just got the Michelin e.Primacy’s and absolutely love them. No idea for longevity but sound level and handling have been amazing.

Just spent early winter in Vermont with tons of snow and my '24 cross sport. I used snow mode just to be sure but I had no problems whatsoever. I should mention, however, that I put Pirelli Scorpion Weatheractives on mine in November 2024 for that years' Vermont trip. Those tires and the Atlas Cross Sport is definitely the best handling I have ever had in snow. I drove 600 miles across the northeast in a winter storm without fear if that helps.

From roughly May to November, Michelin Pilot Sport 4S. These tires fucking rule, though they make doing burnouts kind of hard (and expensive).

The shitty months, Continental Extreme Contact DWS06+.

I just got some Michelin pilot sport all seasons put on mine, same size tire as yours. So far they've been handling really well and the traction is much an improvement over the worn out pirellis I had.

I prefer Michelin Tires on my vehicle. They're more expensive but worth it.

I live in Hungary and i went for the Pirelli sf3 in September and so far is perfect.

I have them on my 23 Forester and wish I had went with a different tire but that's simply my personal situation. The CC2 isn't a bad tire by any means. I've drove with them in our last snow storm which ended up dumping 6 inches and they didn't lose traction unless I made it and even then they'd recover traction within 2 seconds if I wasn't hooning it. My main reason for wanting something like the Defender 2 series is thr mpg hit my forester took. I went from about 34 - 35 mpg down to barely able to sustain 30mpg and easily sitting between 28-29 mpg now.

They'll suck on hard packed snow and ice and anybody who says they are the equivalent to a snow tire is dead wrong. But don't take that as they are bad, they are still good, just not what people hype them up to be during the winter.

I had them, then had them removed. They are far from efficient, nor quiet. The stopping distance on packed snow was awful. Lateral snow grip was bad. Only thing they excelled at was deep water

What are those tires like, the pirellis for me were terrible for handling so I changed to Michelin pilot Sport 4s 245/35/20 front and 285/30/20 rear and they are way smoother and quieter and grip so much better